a “burning” upper central abdominal pain (just below the rib-cage); early satiety (feeling full at the beginning of a meal); weight loss; nausea; vomiting (blood); bloating; a rigid, board-like abdomen; GI cramps; diffuse abdominal pain; diarrhea; constipation; fever; chills; weakness; lightheadedness; fainting upon standing; indigestion; difficulty swallowing; heartburn; upper abdominal pain; lower chest pain; belching; GI bleeding (blood in the stool, black stools, black tarry stools); lower abdominal pain; a change in the shape, frequency, or size of the stools (“pencil stools”); anemia; dysphagia (sensation that food isn’t progressing normally from the throat to the stomach or that it has become stuck on the way down); chest or back pain; pain during swallowing; a burning sensation or a tightness under the breastbone; severe, squeezing chest pain that occurs with difficulty swallowing hot or cold beverages; difficulty swallowing both solids and liquids; regurgitation of the contents of the enlarged esophagus; coughing at night; a burning pain behind the breastbone which rises in the chest and may extend into the neck, throat, or even face and which usually occurs after meals or while lying down; regurgitation of stomach contents into the mouth or excessive salivation; indigestion and discomfort in the upper abdomen; pain when the stomach is empty; a skin rash; gnawing, burning, aching, soreness, an empty feeling, and hunger; pain develops by midmorning; swelling; patients look sick and sweaty and have fast pulse, shallow, rapid breathing; high temperature;
